Over 10.4 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks.
10:35 a.m.: NJ, NY, CT ask travelers from 16 states to self-quarantineNew Jersey, New York and Connecticut are asking travelers from 16 states with high coronavirus numbers to self-quarantine when they arrive back in the tri-state. 9:38 a.m.: No social distancing, optional masks at Mount Rushmore event with TrumpSouth Dakota won't be enforcing social distancing at the Mount Rushmore July 4th celebration with President Donald Trump, Republican Gov. Kristi Noem told Fox News Monday night.
— DeAndre Jordan June 30, 2020 8:06 a.m.: Over 100 cases linked to single bar in MichiganAt least 107 new cases of COVID-19 have been linked to a bar in East Lansing, Michigan, officials said. In a statement posted to Facebook last week, Harper's Restaurant & Brew Pub announced that it has decided to close temporarily to implement a program to eliminate lines and to install air purifying technology. The bar said it had reopened at 50% capacity on June 8 according to the governor's executive order.
7:25 a.m.: 'The minute we opened, it was like COVID didn't exist,' Miami mayor saysSince Miami began reopening in late May, Mayor Francis Suarez said he's seen people acting as though the coronavirus pandemic never happened. "People are congregating, they're having a good time, they're partying and they're spreading the disease incredibly efficiently, and it's starting to stress our hospital system," Suarez said.
The memo, obtained by ABC News, states that both Flagstaff Medical Center and Little Colorado Medical Center have had zero"medical-surge availability" since June 24. Patients are being directed to hospitals in Yavapai and Maricopa counties, according to the memo. Beginning at 11:59 p.m. local time on Wednesday, a stay-at-home order will take effect in 10 postal codes in the Melbourne area that have been identified as community transmission hot spots for the novel coronavirus. The lockdown will remain in place at least until July 29, according to a statement Tuesday from Daniel Andrews, premier of the southeastern Australian state of Victoria.
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